How to Tune & Play a Guitar : How to Tune a Guitar to Open E

When tuning a guitar to open E, the top two strings do not have to be re-tuned. Tune a guitar to open E with the tips in this free video music lesson from a professional guitarist.

Expert: Steve Anthony
Contact: www.SteveAnthonyStudios.com
Bio: Steve Anthony has been a professional photographer since 1989.
Filmmaker: Paul Muller

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• guitars
• music lesson
• guitar chords
• music theory

[Absonata]

guitarist must be the most konservative people ever. Theres must be atleast 10 intressting tunings and everyone plays in Drop d or E or Eb. Pretty dull.

[Slideshowmaster1]

Thanks a ton! I was flinching as you were tuning the A string up I whacked myself in the face one time doing that, I had forgot how to do it since, so thanks for re-teaching me!

[MELIKESGUITAR]

use i higher gauge strings i use 10s and theyre fine with it

[chuyita330]

im soooooo cunfused! ahhhhh

[alyzzlezantizzle]

2.)

When you're trying to teach guitar you should at least call things by their proper name. That's all i'm saying.

So before you start calling me a "dumb shit" you should study your music theory!

[alyzzlezantizzle]

1.)

Ok, if you know anything about music theory you know that the correct way to call it is a G#. The key of E has no flats in it, therefore the note Ab doesn't exist in the key of E (unless you want to write it as an augmented second which is dumb).

Even though they are technically the same note on a keyboard or fretboard it needs to be called a G# to be theoretically correct.

[alyzzlezantizzle]

are you serious??? it's a G# not an Ab. You're in the key of E and it should be called a G#.